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both·er·a·tion
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词根:bother
adj.bothersome 麻烦的;令人讨厌的
n.bother 麻烦;烦恼
vi.bother 操心,麻烦;烦恼
vt.bother 烦扰,打扰;使……不安;使……恼怒
Noun
1. the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
2. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness;
"washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"
"a bit of a bother"
"he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
"烦恼,小烦恼",1788年,动作名词,来自 bother(见该词条)。
The first known use of botheration was in 1797
1 Luckily the family are away just now—or it would be even a greater botheration than it is!”
2 Some boring A.P.M. might pounce on the sketch and create a botheration.
3 But our memories were strained by being made to say off "by heart," as it was absurdly called, whole batches of grammatical rules, with all the botheration of irregular verbs and suchlike.
4 What is it, Mr. Charles, what on earth is the botheration about?
5 I anticipated a great deal of bore and botheration; but, through Heaven's mercy, he merely spoke a few words, and left me.
6 I have been getting on in health very slowly and through irksome botheration enough.
7 It's a little trying sometimes, coming on the back of all the other botherations.
8 If Hawtrey came out in a rash over all his clients' botherations," said the Earl, "he would very soon be in a state of confluent smallpox.
9 "Oh, botheration!" returned Sydney, with a lighter and more good-humoured laugh, "don't you be moral!"
10 But he had perhaps less sheer ability for detail than Van Horne, who as a rule despised the botheration of it.
11 "Oh, botheration, Beth; I can't get the horrid thing right, and I'm not going to try."
12 But he has left us a great deal of botheration.
13 "The biggest botheration as ever was, Ishmael, my lad!" answered Gray.
14 I had all sort of botheration about it, but luckily I knew the colonel of the regiment there, and he went to the bank with me and testified.
15 "Blast and botheration! " exclaimed Digory. "What's gone wrong now? We've put our yellow rings on all right. He said yellow for the outward journey. "
“真烦人!”迪格雷大声说,“哪儿出毛病了?我们戴了黄戒指。他说过,黄的管到外面去。”
16 He has his own botherations, no doubt; it does not seem to be such very easy work getting married, even for a man, since it is necessary to make up to so many ladies.
17 Then botheration to it, and I not dressed or undressed.
18 It is to bridge over the gulf between carelessness and propriety that even mild college tutors will sometimes venture upon a modest “botheration!” or “confounded!”
19 One’s people, one’s brothers, one’s lovers and friends, are a hindrance and botheration.
20 “Don’t ever do that to me again! That’s about all the botheration a body can stand for one day!”
1 讨厌! Oh
2 烦扰
disturbed gripe trouble bother plague annoy fuss hound badger persecute pester faze roil encumber nark chivy beleaguer be obsessed by
3 困难
problem issue trouble difficulty bother rub complication fuss woe adversity strife ado aggro tsuris nodus eina
4 讨厌
bother flip blast confound chi-chi drat dislike unpleasantness disrelish knickers weary hell's bells little dirty troublesome pesky vile obnoxious flaming unwelcome objectionable bothersome infernal frightful odious beastly loathsome stinking unsavoury confounded pestilential scuzzy perishing dratted obnoxiously disagreeably odiously hate blinking goddam evil stupid damn horrible darn dreadful lousy habitual cursed tiresome ghastly diabolical dashed distasteful disagreeable ruddy yucky unenviable unwholesome damnable unedifying doggone ill disgustingly yuck tarnation detest be sick of the sight of hate sick of the sight of have no time for not have much time for bally unsonsy ill-favored mean Nice terrible chronic unlikely offensive painful ugly unwanted foul fierce unpleasant disgusting rotten cumbersome hairy filthy hateful tacky unfavorable wretched horrid nauseous rancid repulsive hellish ungrateful abominable accursed carrion unsavory mothering insufferable detestable bawdy pissy elvish motherfucking unlovely mawkish noisome unpleasing pestilent importunate cumbrous pestiferous sodding stinko plaguey loathly hateable snuffy disgustful lumbersome loathful plaguesome naffing cotton-picking sour bugger deformity damnation afraid object cringe scunner bar get knotted be sour on no deal not very nice
5 苦恼
troubled brooding aggrieved anguished heartsick distressful worryingly broodingly perplexedly tracasserie pain smart trouble torture distress irritation fret misery woe torment anguish scourge angst laceration hang-up wormwood vexation throe worrit feeze angor languishment suffer bother prey eat strike tear hunt plague bait sting clog prick gripe victimize gnaw irk vex ail aggrieve lie heavy on lie heavy upon sit heavy on sit heavy upon weigh heavy on weigh heavy upon be sick at heart
6 烦恼
agonize galling fretful tsoris pet trouble fry distress harassment fret taking annoyance worldly anguish canker disquiet vexation fash pother worriment worry bother sweat fuss languish fester grizzle cark get exercise tear bug burden disturb rattle annoy exacerbate gall molest dun haggle pester vex ail rive discompose aggrieve beleaguer discommode careful worried worrying cloudy troubled turned-off carking care disease upset irritation lust cross nag graum baffle wherret pain load rank murder chase devil hassle inflict torment hump ruffle oppress beset irk encumber chevy scarify importune rowel moider fret gizzard get in hair bust a gut do to laden haunted disturbed uptight torturous laboring harassed tormenting agonising plaguy painfully annoyingly agonisingly vexedly torturingly tracasserie disturbance woe perturbation besetment agonise try harass fray wring perturb get under skin boiling water
7 麻烦
mean tight complicated sticky awkward worrying complicate cumbersome troublesome inconvenient pesky tiring perverse worrisome onerous ill bothersome laborious tiresome touchy perplexing spiny untoward niggling vexatious parlous pernickety lumbersome plaguesome tsoris matter worry trouble bother grief annoyance squall moil labour plague inconvenience uncomfortable ugly messy lively mischievous fiddly rattling fiddling leaden persnickety cumbrous plaguey trappy hassle firework bandit displeasure hang-up cumbrance inconveniency cross